Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24110, Henry Etting, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Etting, Henry Catharine
Nr. 24110
CONTENTS

24.570
New York
Henry Elling
of Ulster Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bozardus of the Regt commanded by Col. Snyder in the A.M. army time for 11 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Jan'y. 1834 and Sante Hon. Ch. Van Buren, Pres't
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 - $ 91.66 Pemi-ant. allowance ending Act March 34. 18.33
$109.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 55

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit Of the Act of Congress Passed June 7, 1832.
State Of New York Ulster County } ss: On the ninth day of October in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three. Personally Appeared in Open Court before the Honorable James Vanderpoel Circuit Judge and Abraham J. Soper, Mills Lake, Samuel Hittell, Abraham A. Dyer & Henry Hylkema Judges of the County Courts at a court of Oyer and terminer held at the Court house in the Village of Kingston in and for the County of Ulster now sitting Henry Elling a resident of the town of Kingston in and for the County of Ulster and State of New York aged 73 Years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he Entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated -
1 st That he was born in the town of Kingston, in the County of Ulster and State of New York in the year 1760
2 nd That the Record of his age is contained in the records of the Dutch Church of the Village of Kingston
3 rd That at the time he was called into service he lived in the town of Poughkeepsie, Ulster County and in the town of Claverack in Columbia County and State of New York
4 th That he was a Substitute, and volunteered - 5 th that he does not remember and Regular Officers & Continental troops
6. That he never received a written discharge

1776
3 months (no proof)
That in the Year 1776 he served as a private in the Night Guard kept in the Village of Kingston in the County of Ulster as a Substitute for his father William Etting and Matthew Person both now deceased for the term of three months and more. That this Guard was composed of the Householders of said Village who did in their turn do duty every night from the Spring of the Year till late in the fall of said Year 1776 for the protection of the Village of Kingston during the Night against the Indians and Tories. That he has no documentary Evidence of this Service. That Captain Arst Bogardus Commanded the militia Company and Colonel Johannes Snyder commanded the Regiment that he was verbally discharged from this Service and knows of no living witness to prove it -
2 That in the winter of the Year 1777 after his fathers death, he went to live with his uncle James Etting of the town of Catskill in Columbia County, where he remained till the Spring of 1778, and then returned to the town of Kingston, to assist his mother in rebuilding his fathers house, which had been burnt by the English in 1777, where he staid till the latter part of the summer of that year, and until her house was fit to move in. - And that during that time there were frequent alarms on the frontiers of Ulster County, and the militia of the town of Kingston were called out on those occasions, that this deponent served in those alarms in Captain Bogardus' Company for more than one month as a private soldier, that he has no documentary proof thereof and knows of no living witness who can testify to it.
1 month (no proof)
That in latter part of the summer of 1778 he again returned to the town of Catskill in Columbia County to live with his uncle James Etting now deceased, and served as a volunteer and private soldier for the term of one month in the Company commanded by Captain John Schenkott now deceased, in an expedition of the militia to Schenectady, and a raid the
1 month J. Etting afft

Mohawk river to Schoharie Mills, thence to Branses Creek under Captain Trusdall and then home, that he was verbally discharged has no documentary proof and would respectfully refer to John Etting's affidavit hereto appended -
8 mo Jn o Etting afft
That in the year 1779 he served as a private and volunteer in the Militia Company commanded by Captain John Osthoult for the term of Eight months, that this service was confined to the County of Columbia, in guarding the town of Claverack and patrolling the adjacent towns in guard of Robbers and Lovers, that when he was not out on such expeditions, he was on night guard, in Claverack that for proof of this service he would again respectfully refer to John Etting's affidavit, that having lived in the town of Kingston for a great length of time, he is unacquainted with the survivors of those forces and to the best of his knowledge they are now all dead - and that he has no documentary proof thereof -
8 months Jn o Etting afft
That in the year 1780 he served as a volunteer and private soldier for the term of Eight months, in the Com- panies of Militia commanded by Captain John Osthoult, Phillips and Miller in Colonel Henry Van Ruyvenael's Regiment, that this service was also in Claverack as above stated and also on an expedition to Stone Robby was in the battle with Butte Brandt & the Indians that he has no written discharge nor any other living proof to his knowledge but John Etting to whom affidavit he would again most respectfully refer -
8 mo Jn o Etting afft
That in the year 1781 he served as a volunteer and a private soldier for the term of Eight months, in the Militia Company commanded by Captain John Osthoult, that this service was in all respects the same as that of year 1779, confined wholly to the county of Columbia in standing night guard, and in excursions through the

the adjacent Towns, in pursuit of Robbers and Tories, that the militia were constantly employed in this service, and that he this deponent was young and therefore in the whole of the service that he cannot now produce any living witness of the service and of necessity would again in absence of documentary Evidence respectfully refer to John Ellings affidavit annexed
6 Mo John Ellings affid. annexed
That in the Year 1782 he served as a volunteer and a private soldier in the Company of Captain John Peterhead for the term of Six Months, that during this service he was in an Expedition to Saratoga and Fort George escorting the Tories to Canada under Lieutenant James Ellings that General Schuyler Commanded, and the rest of the said term was employed to guard the Town and patrol the adjacent Country in search of Tories and Robbers, that he never had any written discharge from this service, and has no documentary Evidence in his possession, and knows of no living witness ex- cept John Ellings to whom he again refers most re- spectfully, and on whom his only reliance for proof of his service is placed, that for proof of his character for truth and veracity and in support of his claim as a Revolutionary Soldier he begs the Department to Enquire of the Vice President Martin Van Buren who will vouch for the same -
35 Months
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity Except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency Of Aug State -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid }
Henry Ellings

State of New York Ulster County ss.
On this twentieth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three before me Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid personally appeared Catharin Ellinge a resident of the town of Shingston County of Ulster and State of New York aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 7 th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain to certain widows:—
That she is the widow of Henry Ellinge who in the Revolutionary war resided in the town in County of Albany (now Columbia County) that during said Revolutionary he the said Henry Ellinge was engaged as a private Soldier in defence of his Country for which he received a pension of thirty Six Dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum which he continued to receive until the day of his death under the act of 7 th July 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Henry Ellinge the twenty ninth day of November in the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty nine.
That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Mr Dott Clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church in the town of Shingston And that her maiden name previous to her marriage was Catharin Burhans And that her husband the aforesaid Henry Ellinge died the day of March in the year one thousand Eight hun-

ed and forty
That she was not married to him there prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz at the time above stated
She further declares that the annexed proof of her marriage is the only evidence been of she has able to procure
For proof of the Services of her said husband she would respectfully refer to his declaration and proof on file in the War Department under the act of 7 th June 1832
She further declares that ever since the death of her husband she has not intermarried but remain the widow of the said Henry Eltinge as more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and Subscribed on the 7 th day and year aforesaid before me } Catharine Eltinge and I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Catherine Eltinge and believe her deposition entitled to Credit and I further certify that said applicant from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court David Snyder one of the magistrates of the County Court of Ulster County
State of New York Ulster County } S.S.
John H. Van Wagener of the town of Haverston County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is the present Clergyman of the Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in said

town, that it appears by the records of said church that Henry Eltinge was legally married to Catharin Buchans the twenty ninth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine which is expressed in the Dutch language in fair legible figures and letters on said records as follows viz 1789 d. 29 Nov. met certificaat gehuwt Henricus Eltinge Jan 39. M. met Catharina Buchans 39. beide geboren in Woensdag order Kingston I John H. Vanwagenen abovenamed do depone and say that I hold the office of clergyman in the abovenmentioned church, that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of said church and further this deponent saith not - Note the words Jan geboren in interlined.
[Handwritten signature: J. H. Vanwagenen]
Sworn to and subscribed this 25 th day of May 1843 before me And I certify that said deponent is a clergyman as above stated Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County

Harry Elting —
Syl. Index
Admitted
Private 11 months
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Han. ell. Dan Burven
Via Pm 5
(U.S.)

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov. 6 33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Henry Elting
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Feb. 1776 — 3 — No officers Night Guard Capt B degardus Col Snyder 79 Yours   1777 More than — 1 — Same officers   1778 — 1 — Capt Osthoude   1779 — 8 — do   1780 — 8 — do Col Harry   1781 — 8 — Van Ruyvel   1782 — 6 — Capt Osthoude do  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. E. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about , near , a , four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
own
File No. 24770
Catharine Elting
widow of
Henry Elting
Pr. New Mar.
Act: Feb 29. 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Edna me
Is Edwards copy
John Rinsens Washington DC
from Edna Russell
copy 1882

Wm Lloyd Jones
6 Church me
J. L. Edwards Esq. Conj. Ruskus Washington D.C.
W. Lloyd Jones

5719
Miss. Ind. R. City
Rebated
Katharine Elling widow of Henry Elling who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of March, 1844 and sent to Hon. J. Russell Wor of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 259

7874
New York
Catharine Etting widow of Henry Etting
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the — March, 1840 of Ulster Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bogardus of Regt — commanded by Col: Snyder the New York line for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 60 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day November, 1843 and sent to Henry Wynkoop, Catskill, N. York
Total amount, $183.30
[Act July 7, 1838]
Recorded by W. H. H. H. Clerk Book 22 Vol. 1 Page 155

Refo to Nov 4 3
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WE John Gosman a clergyman residing in the town of Kingston in Ulster County and Abraham Van Steenburgh residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Otting, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 Years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid John Gosman Abraham Van Steenburgh
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Gosman who has signed the pre- ceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Kingston in Ulster County of Ulster and that Abraham Van Steenburgh who has signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and Court of Oyer and terminer in and for the County of Ulster do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in said court in the matter of the application of Henry Otting for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of October 1833 Isaac Snyder Clerk of said Court and County

State of New York Ulster County
In the Matter of } For a the Application } Pension of Henry Kling
J. V. Gaarbeck Jr. Agent or atty
Kingston

State of New York Columbia County
On this 30 th day of Sept 1833 Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace, Court in the City of Hudson. John Etting of said City of Hud- son to me well known who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is Twenty Two Years old. that he is well acquainted with Henry Etting now of the Town of Kingston in the County of Ulster State aforesaid that this deponent is a cousin of said Henry Etting & that during the revolutionary war the said Henry Etting liv d in the same House with this deponent in the year 1778 - this deponent & the said Henry Etting were in the same Company in the Revolutionary service under Capt. John Sturtevant in March d from the then Town of P'keepsie to Schenectady - and remained there some time I can not now say how long. I the said John Etting also know that the said Henry Etting went at other times - when I did not go at one time he went with my father. to Saratoga I also know that he went several other Years - & finally I can say that he was almost continually on duty. I further distinctly recollect that the said Henry Etting was with me in the service on the day that Col. Brown was killed at Stow -

Wohly. we were in an engagement under Genl. Van Rensselaer on the same Evening I saw Henry Etting the present applicant there at that time & know he was in the service with me. I cannot now from the lapse of time state how long we were in the ser- vice but it was some length of time.
Sworn & subscribed John Etting before me this 30 th of Sept 1833
Isaac M c Cagg Jas of the Pulaski Court
I certify that I am well acquainted with John Etting who has subscribed & I sworn to the above affidavit he is a man of the first standing & respecta- bility in the City of Hudson has for many years held offices of trust in said City & his statement is entitled to the fullest credit
I M c Cagg Jas of the Court
I John D Parkin Clerk of the Justices Court in the City of Hudson do hereby Certify that I. M c Cagg before whom the above affidavit was reported to have been sworn & who has signed the above affidavit Certificate was at the time

am of the Justices of the Superior Court that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & do verily believe the above to be his true & proper signature in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 30 th day of Sept 1833
J. D. Parker C.M.

State of New York
Ulster County 3 p: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of the town of Kingston in the County of Ulster in the State of New York Henry Etting, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following manner
That in the year 1778 he volunteered as a private in Captain Bogardus Company in Colonel Snyders Regiment and served one month stationed at Brabant, in the town of Kingston in Ulster County - and also in the same year 1778 he served as a volunteer and private in the Company of Captain John Osterhout in Colonel Henry Van Rensselaer Regiment of Columbia County in an Expedition to Schenectady, and across the Mohawk River to Schenectady Mills, then to Esopus, under Captain Freusdall - that this service was three months and more -
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That in the year 1779 he served as a private & volunteer in the Company commanded by Lieutenant Miller of Capt Osterhout's Company in an Expedition against the Indians, & horses to Schoharie, where, having crossed the River at Loonenburgh then to Schoharie and stationed in the Middle fort at Schoharie Village and Duploya in patrolling - and returned home by the way of Catskill & Coeymans there - That this service was one month more -
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That in the year 1780 he served as a volunteer and private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of Claverack, in Colonel Henry Van Rensselaer Regiment of militia for the term of three months in an expedition to Stone Robby River in the battle with
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with Butler Brant & the Indians, that Captain Miller was shot in the right shoulder -
That in the year 1782 he served as a volunteer in the company commanded by Lieutenant James Otting in Colonel Henry Van Rensselaer, Regiment for the term of "Three" Months as more particularly stated in his declaration - in an expedition to Saratoga & Fort Gorge -
And the said Henry Otting further says that the residue of the time set forth in his said declaration exclusive of the three months he served as a night guard in the Village of Kingston in Ulster County, he was engaged in the militia expeditionary confined to the County of Columbia, that at this same period it is out of his power to state each and every little service, but that the whole of the residue of said time about 21 months he was ac- tively engaged under different Officers and all strictly military - that he is unable to procure any additional proof in Columbia County and that this is all that he can with any degree of certainty now remember -
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Henry Otting
Subscribed & sworn this 3 28 th day of December 1833 Before me -
P. V. Gaesbeek Jr Justice Peace
State of New York Ulster County
ss: I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of common pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Van Gaesbeek Junior was on the date of the above affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster duly authorised to take affidavits, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the certificate of the foregoing affidavit to be genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court and County this 28 th day of December 1833.
Jacob Snyder

State of New York Ulster County ss.
I George A. Gay Clerk of the County of Ulster aforesaid and of the Courts of the same do hereby certify that Jacob Snyder Esqr before whom the foregoing annexed declaration of Catharine Eltinge and the affidavits of Peter L. Eltinge and the Reverend John H. VanWagenen purport to have been subscribed and sworn was at the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Ulster aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that his signatures to said declaration and affidavits above named by him subscribed are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this 12 th day of June 1843
Geo. A. Gay Clerk
State of New York Catskill Sept. 6 th 1843
Sir:
Please return your answer to me & oblige
Respectfully Your Abt. Servt. Henry Wynkoop

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Cath Utting.
July 7, 1838.
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Henry Wynkoop Catskill NY.

State of New York Ulster County {
Peter L. Oltinge of the town of Kingston County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is the son of Catherine Oltinge who is the widow of Henry Oltinge and that his father the said Henry Oltinge was a pensioner of the United States that he died on the twenty seventh day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine in said town of Kingston, that his mother the said Catherine Oltinge has not since intermarried but still remains a widow and is the identical Catherine Oltinge who is now an applicant for a pension for the revolutionary services of her husband deponents father the said Henry Oltinge deceased, and that her maiden name previous to her marriage was Catherine Burkans and further this deponent saith not
Peter L Oltinge
Sworn to and subscribed this 25 th day of May 1843 before me by deponent Known to me and I believe his deposition entitled to Credit Jacob Snyder one of the Judges of the County Court of Ulster County }

Catherine Allen due
C. Etting
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Hon. Jer. Russell H.R.
Catherine Etting

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Ulster
On this fourteenth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three before the subscriber, John J. Snyder a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Ulster
personally appeared Catharine Ottinge — a resident of the town of Kingston — in said county, aged Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war:
That she is the widow of Henry Ottinge deceased who in the revolutionary war was a private Soldier for which he was awarded a pension and under the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 - and died in the month of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was thirty Six dollars and Sixty Six cents
She further declares that she is still a widow. as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year first above written. }
Catharine Ottinge
J. Snyder J. Peace
* Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me. as the widow of Henry Ottinge deceased - who was a pensioner - & that she is a widow still
J. Snyder J. P.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. County of Ulster
I, George A. Gay clerk of John J. Snyder Esqrs was on said county, do hereby certify that the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this twenty second day of December — 1843.
Geo. A. Gay clerk

State of New York
Ulster County } ss.
Elizabeth Olteng of the town of Kingston County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is well acquainted with Catherine Olteng widow of Henry Olteng who was a pensioner - that said Henry died more than two years since and his widow the said Catherine has not intermarried - but has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband - that she also was awarded a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838 and is the identical Catherine Olteng who is now an applicant for a pension under a late law of Congress - and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 14 th day of December 1843.
Elizabeth Olteng
J. Snyder Justice of the Peace

State of New York Ulster County ss. On this nineteenth day of February A.D. 1849 before me John Chipp a justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Catherine Elting a resident of Kingston Ulster County aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the revolu- tionary war. That she is the widow of Henry Elting who was a private in the war of the revolution and that she received a pension at the New York City agency of thirty six dollars and forty one cents per annum under the act of 17 th Jan y 1844
She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on
the day and year above
written before me
John Chipp
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
John Chipp Justice of the Peace.
State of New York,
Ulster County Clerks Office ss.
I Benjamin M c Hasbrouck Clerk of the Court of Ulster County certify that John Chipp is a magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this nine- teenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
B M c Hasbrouck Clerk

Washington Feb 22 1849
Sir I rec d last evening the enclosed application for a renewal of a Pension Certificate If the papers can be made out during the next week you will oblige me by sending them to me if not send them to the lady herself (Hingham N.Y.)
Very Respectfully Yours Obedt Servt E Shurtleff